The family and longtime girlfriend of murdered UNC Charlotte student Riley Howell said they are 'beyond proud' of his sacrifice.
The family and longtime girlfriend of murdered UNC Charlotte student Riley Howell said they are"beyond proud" of his sacrifice.Howell, 21, was one of the two people killed in aCharlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney hailed the environmental studies major as the, saying he"took the fight" to the alleged gunman and got him"off of his feet."
"If he was in the room when something like that was happening, and he had turned away, he wouldn't have been able to live with himself," his mom added.
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